Light weight wheels

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by seth_man

http://www.good-win-racing.com/Mazda...t/21-1050.html



15x7 rpf-1 for 189

Cool. Thanks for the link. I only did google shopping, and don't think that website came up.

OP, I'd go with the RPF1's. Get em while they're still on sale.

[seth_man]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Cool. Thanks for the link. I only did google shopping, and don't think that website came up.

OP, I'd go with the RPF1's. Get em while they're still on sale.

no prob, thats where i got mine from, they say sale but they have always been 189 from goodwin.

[seth_man]

im pretty happy with both

[justjesus]

damn! that looks nice with the 949s and that silver!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by seth_man

im pretty happy with both

Jelly. You have two sets of very light weight rims. lol. Your LB must be able to accelerate pretty well.

[seth_man]

big difference going from my old 16" borbet type-c that were 19lbs to the 949's. made it a totally different car. even going from the 13lb kosei k1's i have also to the 949's or rpf-1's you can feel its more responsive. i dont feel any difference between the 949's or rpf1's they are almost the same weight and they put down identical lap times, 949 says they are 11.5 lbs but when i got mine i put them on a calibrated shipping scale and the lightest one was 9.4 and the heaviest one was 9.7 so they are almost the same as the rpf1's that range from 9.1 to 9.6

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by seth_man

big difference going from my old 16" borbet type-c that were 19lbs to the 949's. made it a totally different car. even going from the 13lb kosei k1's i have also to the 949's or rpf-1's you can feel its more responsive. i dont feel any difference between the 949's or rpf1's they are almost the same weight and they put down identical lap times, 949 says they are 11.5 lbs but when i got mine i put them on a calibrated shipping scale and the lightest one was 9.4 and the heaviest one was 9.7 so they are almost the same as the rpf1's that range from 9.1 to 9.6

lol, I'm sure I'd feel a HUGE difference if I got one or the other considering my current wheel and tire combo is 43.5lbs per corner

Wait, that's not funny

[seth_man]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

lol, I'm sure I'd feel a HUGE difference if I got one or the other considering my current wheel and tire combo is 43.5lbs per corner

Wait, that's not funny

wow thats pretty heavy, with my street tires im only @ 31lbs per corner and race setup wheels are 28lbs per corner

[justjesus]

43 lbs?!?!?! :-O

you should buy my Volks! At 17x7.5, with tires, they weigh in at 32lbs. LIGHT

[Kaotic Lazagna]

lol. Yup, my staggered VS-XX set up (17x7 and 17x8) with what ever Japanese tires are on them weigh 43.5lbs each. Thought there was something wrong with the scale, so I weighed myself for a baseline, and then weighed myself carrying each wheel/tire at a time. All came out to be 43.5lbs ???

justjesus, I've had too many 17's already (five sets so far if I haven't forgotten one). lol. If I ever get another set of rims, it'll be those 6UL in nickel color in 15x7. hahaha =D

[justjesus]

The only reason I have the 17s myself, is that they came with my CRX. That little thing has huge brakes and needs clearance. I've since bought 16s. Eventually, I ditch the big brakes and go to 15s.

I had some nice lightweight wheels on the Yaris... totally feel the difference.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by justjesus

The only reason I have the 17s myself, is that they came with my CRX. That little thing has huge brakes and needs clearance. I've since bought 16s. Eventually, I ditch the big brakes and go to 15s.

I had some nice lightweight wheels on the Yaris... totally feel the difference.

Yeah, when I had 16" Rota Grids, I could feel the differences when ever I would swap between it and one of the 17's I had. haha. I can only imagine what really light weight 15's would feel like.